Bag-holder.



PATENTED MAY 26, 1908. J. 0. JACOBY. BAG HOLDER. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 3. 1907.

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No. 889,134. PATE NTED MAY 26, 1908.

J.G.JAGOBY. BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 3. 1907.

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attorwu o JOHN G. JAGOBY, OF ASHLAND, OHIO.

BAG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 3, 1907.

Patented May 26, 1908.

Serial No. 391,170.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. J ACOBY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ashland, in the county of Ashland and State of Ohio,

have invented a new and useful Bag-Holder,

' manner that the pressure on the bags will be uniform and so distributed that a bag may be withdrawn from the holder at any time and from any part without affecting in the least the remaining bags.

The invention is of such a character that a single device may contain bags from the smallestto the largest size in compact form and may be readily accessible when one is to be withdrawn.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide means for separating the bags into groups one above another, each group being preferably divided from the others relatively to the length and width of the folded bags and supported by a carrying means which may be quickly and easily removed when empty and refilled and returned to place in the holder.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel combina tion, construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a .perspective view of a bag holder in the form used for counter or show-case service. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2.- Fig.

4 is an end view enlarged of one of the supporters for a group of bags. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view of a portion of the frame separated. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a bag-holder of the type used for hanging a bag-holder adapted to be hung by a cord or wire over a counter.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the numerals 1 and 2 indicate side plates of a standing bag holder fastened at the top to a cross plate 3 by means of screws 4 passing through the plates 1 and 2 and entering the lugs 5 depending from the under surface of the top plate 3. The side plates are joined together at the bottom by cross bars 6 shouldered at their ends to form studs 7 screw threaded, which pass through openings 8 against the wall. Fig. 7 is a similar ViGW of in the side plate and are secured by means of nuts 9 on the outer sides of the said plates.

The side plates are narrower at the top than at the bottom and may be made as ornamental as desired, their lower ends having feet 10 formed thereon with sockets in their under sides to receive rubber or leather studs or plugs 11 to prevent the bag holder from scratching the counter or show-case as it is moved over it. each side plate 1 and 2 are horizontal ribs 12 havin upturned ends 13 at each edge of the side plates. The ribs 12 on the plates are in the same plane and give support to the bag-carriers 14. As heretofore stated, the plates 1 and 2 are narrower at the top than at the bottom to accommodate bags of various sizes, and for the same purpose the top plate 3 is shorter than the rods 6 at the bottom so that the plates are se arated a greater distance at the lower end t an at the top of the holder.

The bag-carriers 14 each comprise a tray 15 having up-turned side edges 16. These trays are placed upon the ribs 12 between the plates 1 and 2 and are made of increasing lengths and widths from above downward. The trays are prevented from endwise movement on the ribs 12 by the up-turned end 13 of said ribs against which the edges of the trays bear. These edges are left open so that as many bags as possible may be carried by the tray, but, as heretofore stated, they are turned up as at'16 and lie against the side plates 1 and 2.

Fastened by screws, rivets or otherwise to the bottom of each tray and extending vertically upward therefrom close to the up turned sides 16 are standards 17 with their upper ends 18 bent at right angles thereto over the tray. Each tray is provided with two or more of these standards on each side, three being shown in the drawings, and they are preferably made of a single strip of sheet metal the connecting portion 19 extending from one side of the tray to the other and fastened to the bottom thereof. Between each overhanging upper end 18 of the standard and the bottom of the tray is secured a .closely wound spring 20 fastened at the top and bottom to prevent them from moving out of position. If desired, and it will be found of advantage with the larger bags, there may be two of these springs 20 between each over-hanging end 18 and the bottom of the tray, as shown in the lower portion of Fig. 1 to increase the frictional contact against the edges of the bags. Under these circumstances each upright 17 will be made sufiiciently wide to support the springs 20 side by side.

To fill the bag holder, the trays are withdrawn and a bunch of bags of the proper size, folded as in the well known manner, are placed between the two rows of springs 20. The width of the folded bags are known the bags of certain sizes have certain Widths and in constructing the bag supporters 14 the springs 20 on each side are separated just far enough to permit the bags to be placed therein and in frictional contact against the coils.

After the trays have been filled they are laced in the holder in proper order and the atter is ready for use. To withdraw a bag, the one desired is seized at either end by the fingers and pulled endwise from its group without disturbing the others. This is ac- .complished by the novel means used to hold the bags in place, that is to say, the upright closely coiled springs. These springs press against the group of bags as a body and offer great resistance to any attempt made to withdraw them as a whole in an endwise di rection. But when a single bag is withdrawn, one of its side edges will pass between the coils of the springs, thereby relieving it of all side pressure and as the pressure of the coils is very slight, it yields to the pulling pressure without with great readiness and with slight frictional contact against the bags above and .below it.

Instead of a stand support for the bag carriers as in Fig. 1, a long narrow metal strip is used with the bag carriers attached to one or both sides of the strip. In the former case the bag holder is supported on a nail against a wall, but where there are bag carriers on both sides of the strip, the

latter is hung from an overhead support by a string or wire.

Referring to Fig. 6, the lowest bag carrier 21 is rigidly fixed to the vertical supporting strip22. Its ends have standards 17, bent, upper ends 18, a connecting portion 19 and springs 20, all as shown in previous figures. The succeeding bag carriers higher up on the supporter strip in addition to the parts mentioned, have a narrow strip 23 extending upwardly from the center of each connecting portion 19, and a finger piece 24 downwardly. The second bag carrier 21 rests on the supporting strip 22, its narrow strip 23 having an outward inclination until it reaches the third bag carrier 21, when it is given a sudden turn towards the supporting strip 22 and fastened thereto. All other bag carriers rest on the narrow strip 23 of the carrier below and are fastened to the supporting strip in the same manner as the second bag carrier. Each bag carrier acts as a spring presser for the tops of the bags in the carrier next below, and for a spring presser to act on the highest lot of bags, a strip 25 similar to the strips 24 but without a bag-holder attached, is used. For the suspended form of holder represented in Fig. 7, the same arrangement of carriers is used on both sides of the supporting strip 22.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A bag holder comprising a rigid frame, a series of bag-supporters carried thereby, coil springs forming a part of said supporters arranged at suitable distances apart to hold by their turns or coils the edges of a group of bags.

2. A bag-holder comprising a rigid frame, a plurality of bag-supporters movably carried thereby, a plurality of coiled springs at each side of each of the bag supporters and adapted to bear frictionally on the sides and edges of the bags held therein.

3. A bag-holder comprising two side plates each having a plurality of ribs those on one plate being in the same plane as those on the other, a plurality of bag-supporters carried by said ribs, and a group of vertically disposed spiral springs at each side of each plate to frictionally hold the edges of the bags held thereby.

4. A bag holder comprising a frame increasing in size in both directions from above downwardly, a plurality of ribs forming a part of said frame and having their ends upturned, bag holding trays each movably supported by a pair of said ribs, uprights secured to each of said trays on opposite sides, and a plurality of spiral springs supported by said uprights.

5. A bag-holder comprising a tray, uprights fastened thereto on each side, spiral springs secured to the top of each upright In testimony that l claim the foregoing as and extending Vertically down to the bottom my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature 10 of the tray. in the presence of two Witnesses.

6. A bag supporter comprising a frame, and coil springs attached to said frame and JOHN JACOBY' arranged at suitable distances apart to hold Witnesses: by their turns or coils the edges of a group of EDW. B. J ANOUSHEK,

bags. GEORGE S. WALLACE. 

